It will be low-key and with less fanfare, but the NHL will officially announce on Sunday that the outdoor Winter Classic between the Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings is back on, the Star has learned.

The league has called a news conference for Sunday at Joe Louis Arena at which it will reveal the jerseys the Leafs and Wings will wear for the affair that is expected to draw more than 100,000 people to the football stadium at the University of Michigan.

The Jan. 1 game was a casualty of the lockout in 2013. There is talk the game may be shifted from its usual Jan. 1 slot.

Last year, the league announced among much hoopla that the Classic was coming to Detroit, that it would be accompanied by festivities through the holiday season that will include outdoor games for teams in the AHL, OHL and U.S. colleges. The facilities at Comerica Park — the Detroit Tigers stadium — were also expected to be used.

All those games are expected to be back on the agenda as well as the main event at the Big House.

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